Barbie Trial -- Day 6 -- The Prosecution discusses Barbie's refusal to appear
Overview
- Description
- 13:33 The courtroom slowly fills with jurors, prosecutors, and civil parties
13:40 President Cerdini opens the hearing; instructs the bailiff to go compel Barbie to appear
13:41 Prosecution Cohendy speaks passionately about his anger that Barbie has not been brought in by force
13:43 Cerdini suspends the hearing until the bailiff returns
14:09 Cerdini calls a resumption of the hearing; the clerk reads the bailiff's record of Barbie's continued refusal to appear
14:12 Prosecutor Kormann intervenes, asking for LICRA [International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism] to interrogate the accused; asking for force to be used to bring Barbie to his trial; denounces the "rupture strategy" employed by Barbie and his defense
14:33 Prosecutor Rappaport speaks, explaining that the trial must go on even if Barbie refuses to appear; speaks to the fact that there are many different victims of Barbie with different interests and needs, and that they must stay unified in their will to see justice carried out
14:39 Prosecutor Libman critiques a the media coverage of the trial
14:41 Prosecutor Levy notes that, "whether or not Barbie is present, this remains the trial of Klaus Barbie," says that his refusal to appear is an admission of guilt; implores President Cerdini to use force when the trial proceedings necessitate Barbie's appearance
14:46 Prosecutor Feder reads a letter addressed to the court by Mme Gompel, a woman whose mother was Christian and whose Jewish father died at the hands of Nazis; Gompel writes that her only reason for living is to see Barbie served justice; wishes that Barbie be forced to appear
14:48 A prosecutor notes that there is no sense wasting time continuing to discuss Barbie's absence, given that the decision not to use force to compel him to attend has already been made
14:49 Defense lawyer Vergès gives closing remarks
14:52 President Cerdini suspends the hearing - Film Title
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Proces de Klaus Barbie
- Duration
- 01:21:42
- Date
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Event:
1987 May 18
- Locale
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Lyon,
France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Daniel Borgeot
Subject:
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 13:33:02:00 to 14:54:44:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3959 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3959 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3959 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3959 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
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- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Conditions on Use
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection containing 185 hours of the Barbie Trial from the Institut National De L’Audiovisuel in Paris, France in July 2005.
- Note
- Abbreviated transcript with real time code idents available in departmental files.
- Copied From
- 3/4" Umatic SECAM
- Film Source
- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5848
Source Archive Number: 80028 [8 AV 29] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:57:21
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